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Show WESTERN AMERIC ftftftftftft ft it ft ft ftftftftftft ftftftftftftitit ft ft ft ft ftftrftftftftftftftftftftft'ftftft'ftft'ft ft ft-- The ft- - A -- independent Dedicated To The Constitution, Liberty, Morality, and AftAAftftftft-AftftftftftftftftftAAAAftftftftftftftftftftftftftftftftftAftftftftftft- Volume 250 Salt Lake City, Utah 84115 I Bennett & Cosponsors Revenue Sharing Bennett, R-Ut- ft ft KHIVC . June 9, 1972 5 Housing $ (3psts Taxpayers CO Washington V?? ft ft Number 22 3 Truth-- sNfc -- 7 Utah Started receiving allocations for 235 homes in 1968. By the end of 1971 there had been 4,131 of these 235 homes built in the state, and an additional 3,066 homes had been proposed or were under construction. In April, 1972 the U.S. Sen. Wallace F. joined May 24 in sponsoring a revenue-sharin- g measure entitled the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972. . The State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972 provides Department of 235 unit per year is about $856 and Utah has been below the 235 national average cost. That figure probably does not include an administrative costs. Taxpayers are paying over $7 million per year for section 235 homes in Utah if we base our estimate on the figure of $856 per allocations for Utah. unrestricted aid to state, county, and local governments over five years, Sen. Bennett said. Each year $3.5 billion will be allocated to localities, and $1.8 billion to state government. The $1.8 billion will grow by $300 million a year after the first year, he explained. Under this proposal, Utah would receive a total $29 million in assistance; $8.8 million would be the state share, and $20.2 So-call- ed 235 homes are authorized by Section 235 of the National Housing Act as amended by the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968. The occupants of 235 homes make a small down payment that usually does not exceed $200. Then each month they pay 20 percent of . their adjusted monthly which is often much less than 20 percent of their actual income. Who pays the rest? John Q, Taxpayer (thats you). income, Continued on Page 4 Senator WaH Utah says he doesnt know. Fullmer says that nationwide the average cost to the taxpayers per Housing and Urban Development approved 1,000 additional $29.6 billion in relatively How much money from the federal treasury is spent on 235 homes in Utah? Evidently no one knows. Mr. Milton Fullmer who administers the 235 program in unit per year and the figure of 8,197 or moreSection 235homes constructed, proposed, or authorized for Utah. One local citizen who is buying his own home with his own Continued on Page 4 Belnap Challenges Brockbank H. Austin Belnap of 1333 Chandler Drive in Salt Lake City is a state Senate candidate in the The Republican Party. W. incumbent is Hughes Brockbank, also a Republican. Belnap, an insurance broker and a life member of the Million Dollar Round Table, stated that it is high time that the taxpayer has some sensible representation. In his announcement Mr. Belnap called on Senator Shown above is the front of the new American Opinion Bookstore earlier this week before the window lettering and the signs were completed. Conservative Bookstore Opens in Salt Lake A new conservative bookstore will open Monday, June 12 in Salt-LakCity. To help celebrate the e event the nationally famous author and lecturer Gary Allen will be the featured speaker at 8 p.m. Friday, June 16 at the Hotel Utah Lafayette Ballroom. Gary Allen will lecture on the subject, None Dare Call It Conspiracy. The next day, Saturday the 17th, Allen will be at the new bookstore to autograph books and talk to customers. Gary Allen is the author of the fastest-sellin- g paperback in history, None Dare Call It Conspiracy. He also wrote Richard Nixon: The Man Behind the Mask, The Nixon book is somewhat of a this best-sell- er year. The new bookstore, located in Sugar house at 2307 Highland Drive, is an American Opinion Bookstore and will stock John Continued on Page 7 Brockbank to explain why he voted against H.B. 220 in 1970, which would have provided for the expulsion or suspension of students from state colleges and universities if the students were found guilty of riotous or other unlawful disorderly conduct. Belnap said he not only would be for a law to expel a student for riotous conduct, but would do what he could to see that such a law would be enforced. Belnap went on to ask why Senator Brockbank, as a very influencial senator, does not do something about the wrong now being committed by the Planned Parenthood Association through J H. Austin Balnap, Stats Sanata Candidate in northaast Salt Laks City. Lake Tribune of June 2, 1972. A 'to have parental consent before she can 14-year-- girl has marry, this federally funded program would educate a 14-year-- old girl married or unmarried in the methods of preventing pregnancy and without the knowledge of the parents of the girl. What is the position of Senator Brockbank on abortion the Office of Economic on demand? asked Belnap. The Opportunity. Why doesnt he people have a right to know how raise his voice along with he stands. Isnt it a fact that he Commissioner Barker and others? has never opposed abortion? It is This is wrong, stated the duty of our Senator to oppose Commissioner Barker in the Salt these evil trends. Belnap said The UTAH INDEPENDENT that since Utah law already allows abortion to save the life of a mother, no further liberalization of such laws is necessary. Does Senator Brockbank truly represent the people of his area when in opposition to his own constituents, who voted 6 to 1 Belnap asked, against Urban Renewal, he sponsored the Neighborhood Redevelopment Act (an urban renewal law) which permits the condemnation of real property? This bill takes away from the people the right to vote for or Continuad on Pag 8 Second Class Postage Paid 2459 Major Straat, Salt Laka City, Utah 841 15 at Salt Lake City, Utah Scriaic Order Department 73 of Utah Libraries University S .It Lake City, Utah 84 IIP. |